Egypt GDP growth up 3.7 pct in Q4, from 2.5 pct - planning ministry

Monday 13-10-2014 05:28 PM
Egypt GDP growth up 3.7 pct in Q4, from 2.5 pct - planning ministry

A trader watches his monitor at the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo April 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian economy grew by 3.7 percent in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year, up from 2.5 percent the previous quarter, the Planning Ministry said on Monday.

Egypt posted GDP growth of 2.2 percent for the full 2013/14 fiscal year, which ended in June. This was up slightly from 2.1 percent the previous year.

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